Multilayer electrical component

A multilayer electrical component comprising:

• a dielectric body;
• first and second conductive terminations separated by the dielectric body;
• a plurality of parallel plate electrodes forming a stack of layers, which are embedded in the dielectric body, each layer of the stack of layers including a dielectric layer and electrodes of the plurality of plate electrodes, where one or more gaps in each of the respective parallel plate electrodes forms electrically isolated plate portions;
• wherein the interaction between the electrically isolated plate portions of the parallel plate electrodes in adjacent layers produces a piezoelectric effect, having a corresponding force;
• wherein the plurality of parallel plate electrodes include a first set of associated parallel plate electrodes, which are each coupled at a first end to the first conductive termination of the multilayer electrical component, and a second set of associated parallel plate electrodes, which are each coupled at a second end to the second conductive termination of the multilayer electrical component;
• wherein the gaps in a particular parallel plate electrode within a particular associated set of a first layer are offset relative to the gaps in a separate nearby parallel plate electrode within the same particular associated set in an adjacent second laver, thereby resulting in the associated corresponding forces being directed away from a common boundary, and
• wherein the first layer and the second layer are disposed between at least two other layers.

A multilayer electrical component comprising:

• a dielectric body;
• first and second conductive terminations separated by the dielectric body;
• a plurality of parallel plate electrodes forming a stack of layers, which are embedded in the dielectric body, each layer of the stack of layers including a dielectric layer and electrodes of the plurality of plate electrodes, where one or more gaps in each of the respective parallel plate electrodes forms electrically isolated plate portions;
• wherein the interaction between the electrically isolated plate portions of the parallel plate electrodes in adjacent layers produces a piezoelectric effect, having a corresponding force;
• wherein the plurality of parallel plate electrodes include a first set of associated parallel plate electrodes, which are respectively coupled at each of a first end and a second end to the first conductive termination and the second conductive termination of the multilayer electrical component, and a second set of associated parallel plate electrodes, which are separate from either of the first conductive termination and the second conductive termination of the multilayer electrical component,
• wherein the gaps in a particular parallel plate electrode within a particular associated set of a first layer are offset relative to the gaps in a separate nearby parallel plate electrode within the same particular associated set in an adjacent second layer, thereby resulting in the associated corresponding forces being directed away from a common boundary;
• and
• wherein the first layer and the second layer are disposed between at least two other lavers.